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Comment · 5 months ago
They specifically mention that:

    Removal of model field due to problems with data collection and quality
Comment · 5 months ago
During my time in Antarctica we had a (Turbo Pascal, I think) program on the met computer that prompted for weather conditions and sent it off to the satellite terminal. The UI was not great, it was surprisingly easy to report sandstorms.
Comment · 6 months ago
The wire will crush over time and the connection will become looser. That will increase the resistance of the connection and in high current applications will cause heating. If you're really unlucky it will cause a fire.
Comment · 7 months ago
You can't browse the modern web with Presto. I used to work at Opera and we were sad to switch to Chromium/Blink but a company the size of Opera just didn't have the resources to keep up with Google.
Comment · 7 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
Why whisper? Everyone knows Stirling castle is better.
Comment · 1 year ago
QR codes were created for labelling automotive parts, not for URLs. Part numbers are usually uppercase alphanumeric, with a few punctuation characters.
Comment · 1 year ago
> > EU 400V (380V) is 3 hots, neutral and ground.

> Three phase 230/400: 400V is line (hot) to line with 230V line to neutral. More for industrial use but I hear some homes can have this service for whatever reason.

It varies from country to country in Europe. In the UK you'll almost never find 3-phase in a home, in Sweden even apartments usually have 3-phase supply. In my Swedish apartment the only thing connected to more than one phase is the induction hob.

Comment · 1 year ago
That's a Namibia problem, Nigeria is NG.
Comment · 2 years ago
It's an interesting idea but why would I sign up and give you personal data without any idea of the site's features or UI?
Comment · 2 years ago
Although a lot of it was filmed in Glasgow.
Comment · 2 years ago
Isn't the term "rabbit ears" more of an American thing? Can't recall anyone using it in the UK.
Comment · 2 years ago
Sounds like this is Antarctic _American_ English. The British jargon is quite different.
Comment · 2 years ago
Took me a while after arriving at Kerguelen to work out who all the people with the weird-sounding job titles were.

IIRC "Disker" (the head of the district) sounds like a slang word for DJ, so his official residence is the "discothèque".

Comment · 2 years ago
Sweden: https://1409.se/

UK (not a map, similar view to what the signallers see): https://traksy.uk/live/M+58+STIRLNG

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